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G. W. MOGILL.

SUSPENSION DEVIGE.

N. PETERS. Pholo-Ulhngraphor, Washington. D. C.

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OF NEW? YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,519, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed August 21, 1888. Serial No. 283,307. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, GEORGE W. MCGILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suspension Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relafes'to that class .of suspension clips or devices used for suspending and exhibiting various articles of merchandise, and especially adapted for the suspension of curtains, such as portieres and others.

It is the purpose of my invention to simplify and improve the devices of this class by providing them with positive means of engagement with the articles suspended, and by combining with the support a guard by which the engaging pins are protected, so that strain on the pins is resisted.

My invention also has lor its purpose to pro vide an improved construction ofthese devices, whereby the number of parts is'lesscned and the expense of manufacture reduced. I

The invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and then definitely pointed out in the claims, the same being an improvement upon theinvention contained in Letters Patent granted to me July 27, 1886, No. 346,300, for improvement in suspension devices.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view on the line .r, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the prepared blank from which the outerjaw with its guard'piece shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is made. Fig. 4 is a partial section 011 the line yy, Fig. 5, showing a modification. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the device shown in Fig. 4.. Fig. 6 isa detail of the'guard-plate shown in Figs. 1 and 5. Fig. 7 is a front elevation showing another modification and illustrating a portion of a curtain suspended by the device. Fig. 8 is a detail showing the construction of the guard-plate in Fi 7. Fig. 9 is a partial section on the line a .2, Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a transverse section on the line .ez, and Fig. 11 is a view showing a modification of the device adapted to encircle a curtain-pole.

In the drawings, the reference-numerals 1 and 2 designate the clamping-jaws, which may be formed in two separate pieces united by a rivet, 8, as in Fig. 1, or of a single piece folded upon itself at the point 4, as in Fig. 4. Upon the extremity of the rearward jaw, 1, which is preferably widened 0r similarly enlarged at that point, I form or attach a stud or pin, 5, having suitable length and projecting outward at right angles with the clampingface of the jaw. Within thesimilarly-shapcd extremity of the other jaw,2,is formed an aperture, 6, so shaped and situated as to receive and pass over the stud 5 when the jaws are pressed together, as shown in Figs. 4. and 9.

Below the clamping-face of tlhejaw 2, in which the opening 6 is formed, the jaw is prolonged to form a depending strip, as shown in Fig. 3. This strip is bent upward and arched or curved in front of the opening 6, thereby forminga semicircular guard,7,which protects the protruding point ofthe stud 5 when thejaws are broughttogether, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This guard-strip may be formed of two strips, 8, integral with the jaw 2, but projectinglaterally therefrom, as in Figs. 5 and 6, the curved jaw being formed by bending the lateral. strips over toward each other until their ends meet, as in Fig. 5. I may also mount a series of studs, 5, upon one jaw and form a corresponding number of perforations, 6, in the otherjaw, 2, as in Fig. 10. In this case the guard 7 would be formed, preferably, of the laterally-projecting strips 9, (shown in Fig. 8,) which afford perfect protection to the projecting points and prevent surrounding articles from catching thereon.

The construction and arrangement of the reainingparts shown are essentially the sameas that shown in my patent alreadyalluded to,and therefore require no specific description. Ears 10 are formed upon thejaw 1, projecting forward and beyond thejaw 2, and the hook 11, having a cam, 12', bearing upon the jaw 2, is pivotally mounted in said ears.

The jaw 1 may, if desired, be extended to engage with the book, as shown in Fig. 9.

The studs or pins 5 may of course be formed or mounted upon either jaw. They form positive supports for the curtain or other article, which cannot be disengaged therefrom by any strain on the studs. If such strain is applied, it is resisted by both jaws equally.

In Fig. 11 the plate comprising the jaw 1 is bent at its upper end into a ring, as at 13, to encircle and slide upon a curtain-pole.

By thisinvcntion all possibility ofaceidental detachment by reason of the article slipping by its own weight between the clamping-faces of thejaws or being drawn therefrom is wholly avoided, and the device is rendered suitable for the suspension of any article whatever, without regard to its weight or the purpose to which it is to be put,orto the clamping'power of the jaws.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The suspending device herein described, composed of the connected jaws, one having one or more pins or studs projecting therefrom and the other being provided with one or more aperturesto receive said stud, and a guard for the projecting point of said stud composed of astrip of metal integral with the jaw and bent around the front of the aperture therein, substantially as described.

2. In the suspension device, the combination, with the connected jaws, provided, respect-ively, with a stud or pin and an opening through which the stud 0r pin projects when thejaws are clamped, of a guard, 7, formed of an integral strip bent over the outer face of the perforated jaw, substantially as described.

The combination,with the jaws 1 and 2, provided, respectively, with studs 5 and openings 6, arranged side by side, of the strips projecting from opposite sides of the jaw and bent toward each other over the perforations, substantially as described.

4. The suspending device consisting of two clamping-jaws, one having a penetrating-pin and the other an orifice and a guard arched in front of the orifice, one of the jaws extended at its upper end into a ring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afllx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. Med-ILL.

\Vitnesses:

Ron'r. IIo'yr,

.lno. M. Donut-men. 

